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9202 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
William was born on 11 March 1890 in Bungay, Suffolk. He was the third son of Samuel and Jessie Davey. His father was employed as a hay cutter and the family lived in Nethergate Street, Bungay.
Before the war William was a professional golfer at the Newton Golf Club. He married Sybil Hellen Proctor in 1914 and they lived at 2 Clifton Villas, Waldingfield Road in Sudbury. William enlisted in Sudbury and served with the Suffolk Regiment.
In May 1915 the battalion was stationed at Blenheim Barracks in Aldershot part of 35th Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division. They embarked on the SS Invicta and SS Queen at Folkestone on 30 May landing at Boulogne; they moved by train to the St Omer area before marching to their billets at Acquin. In June they moved to Belgium to the Ploegsteert Wood Sector.
William was killed in action aged 25 on 18 September 1915 and lies buried in Gunners Farm Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. A Cross of Remembrance was laid by his grave in October 2014.
William was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He is also remembered on the Bungay and Newton War Memorials.
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